Electrifying the Home Delivery Market

April 11, 2019

Thermo King partnership in Spain results in sustainable urban distribution

MOMENTUM. By definition, it is the impetus and driving force gained
by the development of a process or course of events. For Thermo King,
momentum is the perfect descriptor of its push to an electrified
portfolio. And a successful customer partnership in Spain is another
example of our progress!

Thermo King has teamed up with supermarket chain Mercadona on a new, fully
electric refrigerated vehicle that will deliver online orders
throughout Spain. The new sustainable home delivery vehicle combines a
Maxus electric truck with the Thermo King V-200 Spectrum, our
multi-temperature unit capable of cooling and maintaining the set
temperature levels of the vehicle's three compartments for fresh,
frozen and dry products.

Mercadona chose Thermo King due to extensive experience in product
innovation and leadership in developing electric and sustainable
solutions. In addition, the project is aligned with its Corporate
Social Responsibility Plan and Sustainable Urban Distribution Project,
which is aimed at improving the air quality in cities by using
vehicles that are propelled by the cleanest, most efficient fuels.

"Representatives from Mercadona visited our manufacturing
facility in Barcelona, where we have been successfully working on
combining our vehicle powered and full electric refrigeration units
with the latest electric trucks and vans," said Eneko Fernandez,
product management leader at Thermo King.

"As a result, we decided to work together to create and test
this combination of clean distribution and refrigeration technologies,
which brings sustainable zero-emission last mile deliveries to
Mercadona's customers."

This first fully electric refrigerated vehicle in Mercadona's fleet
entered operation in March 2019 and has the capacity to transport
seven orders per trip direct from the company's online sales warehouse
in the province of Valencia. It can access any inner city,
low-emission zone and perform services in the early mornings and late
at night thanks to its silent operations and zero-emission engine.

"This project in Spain is part of our vision, where our
solutions help transport foods and goods safely with zero-emission, no
noise and maximum convenience for urban populations," said Pauli
Johannesen, vice president and general manager for Truck, Trailer and
Bus, Transport Solutions EMEA.

More to come!

Similar projects are in the works in other countries and around our
strategic business unit. With each new demo vehicle, we obtain
valuable operational data and voice of customer testimonials about our
technology and the positive impact an electrified portfolio – with
zero emissions, product temperature integrity, improved air quality,
operational savings, will make in various markets.

"Thermo King is a leader in electrification in the transport
climate control industry. We have the largest range of zero and
low-emissions solutions in all segments of the market and we continue
to invest in innovations that will help customers stay ahead of
regulation, control their total cost of ownership and residual value,
increase efficiency and achieve important sustainability goals,"
said Pauli.